Combating Hatred for the Soul of America

Terrance L. Furin

doi:10.5771/9781475865080

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Combating Hatred for the Soul of America: Watershed Moments for Transformational Educators raises important questions concerning the survival of our American democracy and the roles that educators can play in saving it. The January 6th Capitol riots brought to the surface deep-seated hatreds and cultural divisions that threaten our very soul as a nation. This book presents specific examples of hatred based on racism and social injustices found at both the national and local levels. It also describes specific actions taken by educators to combat such hatred. In doing this these educators actually became transformational leaders.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6506-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6508-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 158
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. List of Figures No access
4. Preface No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
6. 1. Watershed Challenges and Opportunities No access
  2. Educators Combating Hatred No access
  3. Chapter 1, “The Power of Symbols: Dixie—a Flag and a Song” No access
  4. Chapter 2, “The Power of Symbols: Hanging Nooses, Institutionalized Racism, and Educators Building Bridges across Racial Divides” No access
  5. Chapter 3, “The Power of Symbols: Auschwitz, Anti-Semitism, and a School Prayer Crisis” No access
  6. Chapter 4, “Combating a Neo-Nazi Hate Group” No access
  7. Chapter 5, “Transformational Educators Combating Student Alienation” No access
  8. Chapter 6, “Transformational Leadership” No access
  9. Chapter 7, “Inspirational Transformational Educational Leaders” No access
  10. Chapter 8, “Becoming Transformational Leaders through Personal Growth” No access
  11. Chapter 9, “Creating Communities of Learners” No access
  12. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. “Dixie” at a High School Football Game: Teachable Moments No access
    2. A Book on Native America Racism—Education for Extinction No access
    3. Chief Wahoo No access
2. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
3. Notes No access
1. Racism and Hanging Nooses at Jena, Louisiana, High School No access
2. 1. Raw Racism from Supposedly Trusted Leaders No access
  2. Some School Leaders Reactions to the Racial Texts No access
  3. Masks that Hide and Reveal No access
3. 1. Deep Significance of Nooses and Lynchings No access
4. 1. Social Control and Institutionalized Racism No access
5. Slave Freedom: Who Won the Civil War? No access
6. Some Effects of Institutionalized Racism No access
7. 1. Experience in Free Form Education (EFFE) No access
  2. Camp Confidence No access
8. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
9. Notes No access
1. 1. “Camp Auschwitz” No access
  2. Into That Darkness No access
  3. Reactions from Survivors: Personalizing the Mass Atrocities No access
2. 1. Commencement Prayer Eliminated No access
  2. Taking a Stand No access
  3. Wrath against the School Board: A Stealth Campaign No access
  4. Combating the Crisis: Dialoguing Great Literature over Breakfast No access
3. Theory and Practice: Aesthetic Experiences and Authentic Dialogue No access
4. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
5. Notes No access
1. 1. A Fearsome Neo-Nazi Recruitment Flyer No access
  2. 1. Anxious Questions Abounded No access
    2. A Crisis Blueprint No access
    3. Teachers Lead the Way in Avoiding a Crisis No access
    4. Building for the Future No access
    5. Change and the Establishment of an Education Foundation No access
2. Hate Groups Found in All Parts of the United States No access
3. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
4. Notes No access
1. Students as Killers No access
2. 1. Modern Times No access
  2. Students as Products No access
  3. John Locke’s “White Paper” No access
3. 1. Placing the Student in the Center No access
  2. Jean Jacques Rousseau and a “Cathedral Within” No access
  3. John Dewey and the Significance of Placing the Child in the Center No access
4. 1. Meade Elementary School No access
  2. A Primary Teacher’s Unique Reading Program No access
  3. Stream Watch: The Way It Should Be No access
  4. Education through Inquiry No access
  5. A High School Breakfast Club and Weekend Rides with Police No access
  6. Reducing Alienation through a “Motorhead” Club No access
5. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
6. Notes No access
1. Defining Transformational Leadership No access
2. 1. Mission No access
  2. Vision No access
  3. The Power of Community No access
3. Summary—Lessons Learned No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. Chaos at a School Board Meeting No access
  2. An Encounter with Tall Boy and Long Hair No access
  3. Profound Love of Teaching No access
  4. Transformational Educational Leader No access
  5. Mike the Author and Poet No access
2. 1. Green Woods Elementary Charter School No access
  2. Multicultural Professional Development No access
3. 1. Riots and Our Lady of Fatima Mission House No access
  2. Response to Vertical Filing Cabinets No access
  3. Encounter with Students from an All-White Suburb No access
4. 1. Fe y Alegria and Father Enrique No access
  2. University Professors, Father Enrique, and Yachi Wasi No access
  3. Seminar in Cochabamba No access
  4. Teaching of Social Studies and Survival of our Species No access
  5. Alternatives to Traditional Social Studies No access
5. 1. Sister Rosemary Hocevar and “Touching Tomorrow Together” No access
  2. A Mission realized in a New Villa Angela No access
6. 1. Jack Thomas: Split Community = Split Sessions No access
  2. CARE and a New School Plan No access
7. 1. Artist and Social Activist No access
  2. Grays Ferry Peace Wall: Interlocking Hands No access
  3. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
8. Notes No access
1. 1. Four Pillars for Success No access
  2. The Jesuits, Saint Ignatius, and the Spiritual Exercises No access
2. 1. The YMCA Tagline No access
  2. 1. Vision Quests No access
    2. Buddhist Four Subline States No access
    3. Yoga No access
3. 1. Declaration of Independence No access
  2. The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights No access
  3. 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments to the Constitution No access
  4. Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision No access
  5. Civil Rights Act 1964, Voting Rights Act 1965 No access
4. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
5. Notes No access
1. 1. Creating Professional Learning Communities through Shared Aesthetic Experiences No access
  2. Creating Professional Learning Communities by Bonding through Books No access
  3. 1. Professional Development Using The Bluest Eye No access
    2. Professional Development Using There, There No access
  4. Creating Professional Learning Communities by Bonding through America’s Core Values No access
2. 1. CRT and Chaos No access
  2. Reactions to CRT Chaos: Authentic Dialogue and Strategic Planning No access
  3. Developing a District Mission Statement: “Let’s Build a Lighthouse” No access
  4. Communicating the Mission Statement No access
3. Summary: Lessons Learned No access
4. Notes No access
About the Author No access Pages 157 - 158